Part-Time PCPs Spend Greater Share of Clinic Hours on EHR Than Peers
Part-time primary care physicians (PCPs) spent more time in the EHR per clinic hour than their full-time peers, including more time outside scheduled appointments, according to a cross-sectional study...HIA Calls ONC to Reconsider Health IT Requirements of Proposed Rule
The Health Innovation Alliance (HIA) has submitted comments on the ONC proposed rule, Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1), which aims to implement provisions of the 21st Century Cures...State HIE Data Helps Drive Value-Based Care Across Management Org
Technologies that use health information exchange (HIE) data have helped a management service organization (MSO) improve value-based care delivery. Cary Medical Management (CMM) oversees 40,000...AMA Announces 2023 Recipients of EHR Use Research Grant Program
The American Medical Association (AMA) has selected nine organizations as recipients of the 2023 EHR Use Research Grant Program. The recipients will divide $589,000 to fund projects examining patterns...Provider Orgs Deploy eClinicalWorks EHR Systems for Care Coordination
Life is a Journey, a behavioral health practice outside of Dallas, Texas, has selected eClinicalWorks EHR to improve care coordination. The EHR vendor's behavioral health module includes...ONC Project Taps FHIR to Extract Over 40% of Clinical Data Registry
Only about 46 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States participate in clinical data registries due to the daunting task of data collection. However, a solution may be in...Nursing Classification EHR Integration Could Boost SDOH Management
EHR integration of nursing classifications could help drive health equity through enhanced social determinants of health (SDOH) documentation, according to an article published in JAMIA. Researchers...Oracle Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Cerner Healthcare Employees
Oracle has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees and pulled job offers for its Cerner healthcare unit, according to reporting from Computerworld. Oracle acquired EHR vendor Cerner for...Almost Half of Hospitals Report Instances of Perceived Information Blocking
After the initial enforcement of information blocking rules in April 2021, a considerable 42 percent of hospitals still reported observing what they perceived as information blocking. They reported...HIE Announces Health IT Partnership to Drive EHR Interoperability
HI-BRIDGE HIE has partnered with health IT vendor Innovar to improve EHR interoperability. HI-BRIDGE HIE is an independent regional information exchange established through the National Center for...Emojis in Clinical Text Messaging May Facilitate Team Communication
Clinicians primarily use emojis and emoticons in clinical text messaging to convey new and interactionally salient information, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers...VA Officials Exploring Health IT, HIE Solutions to Improve Interoperability
Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are looking to health IT to enhance interoperability with non-VA providers, according to reporting from MeriTalk. At a House Veterans'...Seneca Healthcare Spent the Past Year Transitioning to Cerner EHR
Seneca Healthcare District, a California critical access hospital, has spent the past year transitioning from an antiquated system to Cerner’s EHR. “We’re excited to...Mercy Health Introduces Community Data Hub for Public Health
Mercy Health has released a Community Health Data Hub to provide public health stakeholders, community organizations, and residents access to county-level health data, according to reporting from The...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions
